Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kabkab-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*kabkab- m

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Inflection

Declension of *kabkab-

Case

Singular

Dual

Plural

Nominative

*kabkabum

*kabkabāna

plural stem + *-ūna

Genitive

*kabkabim

*kabkabayna

plural stem + *-īna

Accusative

*kabkabam

possessive forms

1st person

*kabkabī / *kabkabVya

—

*kabkabVni

2nd person m

*kabkabVka

*kabkabVkumā / *kabkabVkumay

*kabkabVkum(ū)

2nd person f

*kabkabVki

*kabkabVkin(ā)

3rd person m

*kabkabVšu

*kabkabVšumā / *kabkabVšumay

*kabkabVšum(ū)

3rd person f

*kabkabVša

*kabkabVšin(ā)

Note: the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible.

Note: the ending -V before the possessive endings responds to case: *kabkabuya for nom. case, *kabkabiya for gen. case, *kabkabaya for acc. case, etc.

Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *kabkab-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kabkabuka	*kabkabāka	plural stem + *-ūka
Genitive	*kabkabika	*kabkabayka	plural stem + *-īka
Accusative	*kabkabaka	*kabkabayka	plural stem + *-īka

Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *kabkab-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kabkabuki	*kabkabāki	plural stem + *-ūki
Genitive	*kabkabiki	*kabkabayki	plural stem + *-īki
Accusative	*kabkabaki	*kabkabayki	plural stem + *-īki

Reconstruction notes

Like *ḳarḳar- (“ground, floor”), originally from a disyllabic root. In many reflexes a dissimilation *b-b > *w-b occurred.

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀯 (kakkabum)
- Eblaite: 𒆕𒅗𒁍 (/kakkab/)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: كَوْكَب‎ (kawkab)
    - Maltese: kewkba
    - Moroccan Arabic: كوكب‎ (kawkab, kūkab)
    - → Persian: کوکب‎ (koukab)
      - → Hindustani:
        Urdu: کوکب‎ (kaukab)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic:
      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כּוֹכְּבָא‎ (kōkəḇā)
      - Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡊࡁ‎ (kukb-)
      - Classical Syriac: ܟܱ݁ܘܟ݁ܒܳܐ‎ (kawkəḇā)
    - Canaanite:
      - Amorite: [script needed] (kabkabum)
      - Biblical Hebrew: כּוֹכָב‎ (kôḵāḇ)
        Hebrew: כּוֹכָב‎ (kokháv)
      - Phoenician: 𐤊𐤊𐤁‎ (kkb), 𐤊𐤁𐤊𐤁‎ (kbkb)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎁𐎋𐎁 (kbkb /kabkabu/)
  - Old South Arabian
    - - Old South Arabian: 𐩫𐩥𐩫𐩨‎ (kwkb)
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Amharic: ኮከብ (kokäb)
  - Ge'ez: ኮከብ (kokäb)
  - Tigrinya: ዃኾብ (xʷaxob)
- Modern South Arabian:
  - Mehri: kabkīb
  - Shehri: kebkeb, kobkob
  - Soqotri: kebkeb, kobkob